My neck is on the earning’s chopping block

I am sure many of you have listened or read investment managers that tell you what to own with tremendous conviction and confidence.  Ignore it.  Before you buy or sell anything, check their record.  You’ll be surprised.  So I’m going to put my neck on the chopping block.  Here are a list of stocks I would buy for earnings tonight and tomorrow before the open.  Never initiate large positions on earnings because the volatility can be gut wrenching.  Here is my earnings play with a very brief explanation why.  If you trade, trade a few of these names  to smooth out some of the volatility.  Don’t risk too much on any earnings play.   Good luck on your own if you engage in this high beta play.  We’ll come back tomorrow and grade this strategy.

Boston Scientific BSX- $7.12 Dir Ernst (very savvy insider buying) chronically plauged company

Apple- AAPL  $324.48Lread the post from last week –Apple showing first buy signal in six months

Edwards Life Sciences  EW $83.43 nice chart setup

F5 Networks-  FFIV  $96.49 recently fallen tech leader business probably good but overvalued like most tech fashion names except Apple

L-3 Communications -LLL $76.94 out of favor defense stock best of class, insider buying

New York Times NYT  $9.06- new subscription service, beaten up stock, could talk about the takeup, good chart setup

GE- $20.41recent pullback, probably good news, CEO Immelt recently made large buy.  I always have bad luck on this name, though.

Te Connectivity -TEL $34.98 the old Tyco Electronics, recent insider buying bad chart, been in this a few days but still below recent insider buy